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George Dulikravich, PhD
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Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Florida International University
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Professor George S. Dulikravich has authored and co-authored over 390 technical publications in diverse fields involving computational and analytical fluid mechanics, subsonic, transonic and hypersonic aerodynamics, theoretical and computational electro-magneto-hydrodynamics, conjugate heat transfer including solidification, computational cryobiology, acceleration of iterative algorithms, computational grid generation, multi-disciplinary aero-thermo-structural inverse problems, design and constrained optimization in turbomachinery, and multi-objective optimization of chemical compositions of alloys. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal on Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering (founded in 1994) and an Associate Editor of seven additional journals. He is also the founder, chairman and editor of the sequence of International Conferences on Inverse Design Concepts and Optimization in Engineering Sciences (ICIDES) and International Symposium on Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization (IPDO). Professor Dulikravich is a Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics, Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Professor Dulikravich was a member of the Texas Institute for Computational Mechanics (TICOM) at the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the Center for Space Propulsion and the Center for Gas Turbines and Power at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the founder of the interdepartmental Multidisciplinary Analysis, Inverse Design and Optimization (MAIDO) Institute at the University of Texas at Arlington and the founder of Multidisciplinary Analysis, Inverse Design, Robust Optimization and Control (MAIDROC) Laboratory at Florida International University. In the summer of 2008, Prof. Dulikravich co-founded the International Society for Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering (ISIPSE) which has over 330 registered members.



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Undergraduate Courses Taught
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M. Sc. Students Supervised
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Supervised
Visiting Scholars Hosted And Supervised
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CITIZENSHIP U. S. A.

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
    • (Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics) 9/75 - 1/79
  • M.Sc. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    • (Aeronautical Engineering and Theoretical Mechanics) 8/74 - 6/75
  • Dipl. Ing. University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
    • (Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering) 10/68 - 5/73
  • Dipl. Mech. Tech. Technical School "Nikola Tesla", Pancevo, Yugoslavia
    • (Mechanical Engineering) 9/64 - 5/68
  • P.E. Registered Professional Engineer, Texas
    • (P.E. #58582) 5/85

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Multi-Disciplinary (Aero-Thermo-Structural-Electro-Magnetics) Analysis, Inverse Design, and Optimization
  • Turbomachinery Aerodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Elasticity Simulation, Inverse Design and Optimization
  • Electro-Magneto-Hydrodynamic Flow and Solidification Modeling, Simulation, and Design Optimization
  • Hybrid Single-Objective and Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms and Response Surface Metamodels
  • Multi-Objective Evolutionary Design Optimization of Chemical Compositions of Alloys Methods for Acceleration of Iterative Algorithms for the Solution of Systems of Partial Differential Equations
  • Computational Simulation and Optimization of Cryopreservation Protocols

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Founder and Director
    • Multidisciplinary Analysis, Inverse Design, Robust Optimization and Control (MAIDROC) Laboratory
      • Florida International University, Miami, FL (02/04-present)
  • Founder and Director
    • Multidisciplinary Analysis, Inverse Design and Optimization (MAIDO) Institute
      • University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX (10/02-12/03)
  • Senior Visiting Research Scientist
    • ICOMP
      • NASA Lewis Research Center/Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (5/87; 5/88)
  • Visiting Research Scientist
    • DFVLR-AVA
      • Institut fuer Theoretische Stroemungsmechanik, Goettingen, Germany (7/80-10/80; 5/82; 7/83; 6/84)
  • Visiting Research Scientist
    • Universities Space Research Association
      • NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH (11/80-05/82)
  • Research Associate
    • National Research Council
      • NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH (6/79-7/80)
  • Graduate Research Assistant
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
      • Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (7/76-8/76; 1/77-9/78)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Full Professor
    • Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
      • Florida International University, Miami, FL (8/03 – present)
  • Full Professor and Chairman
    • Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
      • Florida International University, Miami, FL (8/03 - 7/09)
  • Graduate Student Advisor - Aerospace Program
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
        • The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX (7/02-8/03)
  • Full Professor
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
      • The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX (7/99-12/03)
  • Adjunct Professor
    • Department of Aerospace Engineering,
      • The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (8/99-12/00)
  • Visiting Professor
    • Institute of Mathematics
      • University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (5/96-6/96)
  • Visiting Professor
    • School of Science and Technology
      • Teikyo University, Utsunomiya, Japan (7/95-8/95)
  • Associate Professor
    • Department of Aerospace Engineering,
      • The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (1/86-7/99)
  • Assistant Professor
    • Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics,
      • The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (9/82-1/86)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
      • Cornell University (9/75-6/76; 9/76-1/77; 9/78-1/79)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    • Department of Aeronautical Engineering and Theoretical Mechanics,
      • University of Minnesota (9/74-6/75)

JOURNAL EDITORSHIPS

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • Fellow 
    • American Academy of Mechanics 
      • (FAAM, since 11/06)
  • Fellow
    • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
      • (FASME no. 318923)
  • Fellow
    • Royal Aeronautical Society
      • (FRAeS no. 1375449)
  • Associate Fellow
    • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
      • (AIAA no. 4512)
  • Co-Founder
    • International Society for Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering
      • (ISIPSE no. 1 since July 1, 2008)
  • Member
    • Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
      • (TMS no. 436471)
  • Member
    • The Materials Information Society
      • (ASM no. 527156 since Dec. 14, 2006)
  • Member
    • International Association for Hydromagnetic Phenomena and Applications (HYDROMAG)

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Eminent Engineer Award - Tau Beta Pi National Engineers’ Honor Society (12/06)
  • Eli Carafoli Award and Commemorative Medal, Politechnica, Bucharest, Romania (10/01)
  • ALCOA Foundation Faculty Research Fellow Award (7/96-6/97; 7/97-6/98)
  • William J. Murray, Jr. Fellowship in Engineering #1, University of Texas at Austin (9/85-1/86)
  • NASA - National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship and Travel Grant (1979)
  • Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Honor Society of North America (1979)
  • Sigma Gamma Tau - National Honor Society for Aerospace Engineers (1975)
  • International Institute for Education (IIE) - Fulbright Travel Grant (1974)
  • IAESTE Program - Thune/Eureka Co., Norway (1971)

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

  • Propulsion
  • Aerodynamics I
  • Aerodynamics II
  • Compressible Flow
  • Aerospace Analysis
  • Thermal Engineering
  • Transport Phenomena
  • Inverse Design (new elective course developed)
  • Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (honors course)
  • Physical Gasdynamics (elective course reorganized)
  • Aerodynamic Shape Design (new elective course developed)
  • Airfoil, Wing, and Propeller Design (new elective course developed)
  • Introductory Computational Fluid Dynamics (elective course reorganized)
  • Introduction to Computational Thermo Fluids (course reorganized)

GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

  • Inverse Design (new course developed)
  • Dynamics of Ideal Fluids
  • Low Speed Aerodynamics
  • High Temperature Gasdynamics
  • Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
  • Theoretical Gas Dynamics (course reorganized)
  • Advanced Fluid Dynamics (course reorganized)
  • Foundations of Fluid Mechanics (course reorganized)
  • Physics of Compressible Fluids (new course developed)
  • Advanced Computational Aerodynamics (new course developed)
  • Multidisciplinary Inverse Design & Optimization (new course developed)
  • Grid Generation, Fast Algorithms, and Inverse Design (new course developed)
  • Multiphase Flows and Electro-Magneto-Hydrodynamics (new course developed)
  • Mechanical Design Optimization (course reorganized)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (course reorganized)

SHORT COURSES LECTURED

  • Aero-thermal-elasticity-materials Optimization of Cooled Gas Turbine Blades - a Lecture Series on Numerical Optimization Methods & Tools for Multi-criteria/Multi-Disciplinary Design with Applications to Aeronautics and Turbomachinery, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium, November 15 - 19, 2004.
  • Analysis, Inverse Design and Optimization in Turbomachinery - A workshop in the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, May 22, 2003.
  • Multidisciplinary Analysis, Inverse Design and Optimization - A workshop in the Mechanics Department, Mathematics Faculty, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, May 19-21, 2003.
  • Recent Advances in Gas Turbine Cooling Techniques - A workshop in the Mechanical Engineering Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (EE/COPPE/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 12-13, 2003.
  • EUROGEN’99 - A Short Course on Evolutionary Algorithms in Engineering and Computer Science: Recent Advances and Industrial Applications, Jyvaskyla, Finland, May 30-June 3, 1999.
  • Genetic Algorithms Workshop and Tutorial, organizer and one of five lecturers, Applied Research Laboratory - The Pennsylvania State Engineering, October 8-9, 1998.
  • Methods for Acceleration of Iterative Algorithms for Systems of Partial Differential Equations, Institute for Mathematics, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, May 19-31, 1996.
  • New Design Concepts for High Speed Air Transport, CISM Advanced School, Udine, Italy, June 5-9, 1995.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Turboinstitut, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, May 27-31, 1990.
  • AGARD/FDP Specialists Workshop on Inverse Methods for Airfoil Design for Aeronautical and Turbomachinery Applications, VKI, Chateau St. Dennise, Brussels, May 14-18, 1990.
  • Inverse Design in Turbomachinery, United Technologies Res. Center, East Hartford, CT, March 30, 1988.
  • Transonic Flow Computations, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Zemun, Yugoslavia, August 3-4, 1987.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics, Technical University of Rijeka, Yugoslavia, July 20-24, 1987.

Ph. D. STUDENTS SUPERVISED

Florida International University
  • Ramon J. Moral: "Hybrid Multi-Objective Optimization and Hybridized Self-Organizing Response Surface Method", August 2008.
  • Seckin Gokaltun: "Combined Boltzmann Lattice Method and Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method for Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer in Micro Channels", August 2008.
The Pennsylvania State University
  • Thomas J. Martin: "Computer-Automated Multi-Disciplinary Analysis and Design Optimization of Internally Cooled Turbine Blades," May 2001.
  • Brian H. Dennis: "Simulation and Optimization of Electro-Magneto-Hydrodynamic Flows," December 2000.
  • Eunseok Lee: "Optimization of Turbomachinery Airfoil Shapes in Viscous Unsteady Compressible Flows," August 2000.
  • Kwang-Yoon Choi: "Sensitivity-Based Minimum Residual Methods for Convergence Acceleration of Iterative Algorithms," December 1994.
  • Seungsoo Lee: "Acceleration of Iterative Algorithms for Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations," May 1990.
The University of Texas at Austin
  • Stephen R. Kennon: "Numerical Solution of Weak Forms of Conservation Laws on Optimal Unstructured Triangular Grids," August 1987.
  • Chung-Yuan Huang: "Optimization of Explicit Time-Stepping Algorithms and Stream-Function-Coordinate (SFC) Concept for Fluid Dynamics Problems," May 1987.
  • Charles R. Olling: "Viscous/Inviscid Interaction in Transonic Separated Flows Over Solid and Porous Airfoils and Cascades," December 1985.

M. Sc. STUDENTS SUPERVISED

Florida International University
  • Amanda Vianna: “Control Algorithm for Minimizing Response Time of a Pressure Wave Traveling in Hydraulic Fluid Contained in a Long Rubber Hose With Axial Temperature Variation”, expected December 2010.
  • Edgard Espinosa: “Design Optimization of Submerged Jet Nozzles for Enhanced Fluid Mixing and Bottom Surface Erosion”, expected August 2010.
  • Naveen Singamseti: “Maximization of Surface-to-Volume Ratio of Porous Thin Film Electrodes Subject to Thermoelastic Stresses”, expected August 2010.
  • Stephen Wood: “Inverse Shape Design of Branching Air Inlets Delivering Equal Mass Flow Rates to Cylinders of an Internal Combustion Engine”, expected August 2010.
  • Alain Hernandez: “A Variant of Boltzman Lattice Method for Computing Flows With Heat Transfer”, expected August 2010.
  • Suvrat Bhargava: “A Multiobjective Design Optimization Method for Creating New Molecules of Refrigerant Fluids”, expected August 2010.
  • Carlos Velez: “Comparative Multi-Objective Composition Optimization and Experimental Evaluation of Hf-based Bulk Metallic Glasses”, expected August 2010.
  • Ricardo Ardila: “Multi-Objective Optimization of Topology and Performance of Three-dimensional Networks of Cooling Passages”, December 2009.
  • Riken R. Patel (co-advised with Prof. Arvind Agarwal): “A Computational and Experimental Algorithm for Near Net Shape Fabrication of Thin Walled Ceramic Structure by Plasma Spray Forming”, August 2009.
  • Souma Chowdhury: “Modified Predator-Prey (MPP) Algorithm for Constrained Single –and Multi-Objective Optimization Problems”, December 2008.
  • Alexandre Aidov: “Modified Continuous Ant Colony Algorithm for Function Optimization”, August 2008.
  • Debasis Sahoo: “Wavelet-Based Neural Networks for Response Surfaces in Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization”, December 2005.
  • Mickael Gonzalez: “Multi-Objective Design Optimization of Topology and Performance of Fractal Branching Networks of Cooling Passages”, December 2005.
  • Nenad Jelisavcic: “Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization of Branching Channel Cooling Systems”, August 2005.
The University of Texas at Arlington
  • Ravi Krishnamurti: "Convergence Acceleration of Inverse Design of Aerodynamic Configurations Using an Elastic Membrane Concept Based on Fourier Series", May 2000.
The Pennsylvania State University
  • Daniel P. Baker: "A Fourier Series Approach to the Elastic Membrane Inverse Shape Design Problem in Aerodynamics", May 1999.
  • Craig Bates: "Forward and Inverse Electro-Cardiographic Calculations on a Multidipole Model of Human Cardiac Electrophysiology", August 1997.
  • Brian H. Dennis: "A Software Package for Thermoelastic Optimization With Application to the Design of Internally Cooled Turbine Blades", August 1997.
  • Norman F. Foster: "Shape Optimization Using Genetic Evolution and Gradient Search Constrained Algorithms," August 1995.
  • Scott G. Sheffer: "Shape Optimization of Three-dimensional Hypersonic Flight Vehicles for Minimum Drag and Aerodynamic Heating," May 1993.
  • Thomas J. Martin: "Inverse Design and Optimization of Two-and-Three Dimensional Coolant Flow Passages," May 1993.
  • Branko Kosovic: "Inverse Problems in Heat Transfer and Computation of Electrohydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Flows Including Solidification," December 1991.
  • Joel V. Madison: "Analysis and Optimization of Objects Subject to Unsteady Heat Conduction," May 1988.
The University of Texas at Austin
  • Yio-Wha Shau: "Comparative Study of Numerical Dissipation in Transonic Potential Flow Calculations," January 1986.
  • Ting-Lung Chiang: "Inverse Design of Composite Multiholed Internally Cooled Turbine Blades," December 1985.
  • Richard Carcaillet: "Generation and Optimization of Flow Adaptive Computational Grids," August 1985.
  • Tatsuo Fujinami: "Computation of Unsteady Separated Compressible Flows Using Free Vortex Method," August 1985.
  • David M. Sommerfield: "Computational Grid Generation for Wing-Body-Tail-Fin-Stabilizer Configurations," December 1984.
  • Stephen R. Kennon: "Novel Approaches to Computational Grid Generation, Inverse Design and Acceleration of Iterative Schemes," May 1984.

UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS SUPERVISED

The Pennsylvania State University
  • Daniel P. Baker: "A Graphically Interactive Design Environment for Multicomponent Airfoils", Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, May 1997.
  • Craig Bates: "Inverse Determination of Locations and Strengths of Electric Impulses Inside a Human Heart Based on Chest Surface Measurements of Electric Potential", Dept. of Eng. Science & Mechanics, May 1996.
  • Chris Gross: "Feasibility Study of a Magnetohydrodynamic Blood Pump", Dept. of Eng. Science & Mechanics, May 1996.
  • Jonathan D. Halderman: "The Boundary Element Method Application to Elastostatics and Development of a Two-dimensional Analysis Code", Dept. of Eng. Science and Mechanics, May 1994 (Best Thesis Award).
  • Brian Smith: "Computational Grid Generation Using Optimization", Dept. of Eng. Science & Mechanics, May 1994.

VISITING SCHOLARS HOSTED AND SUPERVISED

  • Mr. Flavio Vianna (Petrobras, Brazil), "Detection of the Location of Hydrides Formation in Pipelines Using Inverse Heat Transfer and Bayesian Filters," (12/08-12/09).
  • Ms. Priscila Ferreira Barbosa de Sousa (Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Brazil), "Inverse Problem Applied to Bioengineering: Studies of Thermal Process during Bone Drilling," (01/08-12/08).
  • Prof. Marcelo J. Colaco, (Military Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): "Multi-disciplinary Design Optimization and Response Surface Formulation Concepts," (09/06-11/06; 01/08).
  • Mrs. Dejana Herceg, Ph.D. student (University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia), "Optimization of Electric Grid Topologies for a Balanced Load", (07/07)
  • Prof. Andres Tremante, Senior Visiting Scientist (Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela): "Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimization of Multi-phase Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer", (8/05-8/06)
  • Prof. William Annicchiarico, Senior Visiting Scientist (Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela): "Parallel Processing of FEM Codes for 3-D Elasticity Analysis", (10/04; 08/06-12/07).
  • Dr. Huiyuan Fan, Senior Visiting Scientist (Technion, Haifa, Israel): "Multidisciplinary Optimization of Combustion Chambers," (03/03-03/04).
  • Prof. Helcio R. B. Orlande, (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): "Inverse Determination of Diffusion Coefficients in Unsteady Diffusion Models," (01/03-02/03; 02/07; 01/08-02/08).
  • Dr. Marcelo J. Colaco, Postdoctoral Fellow, (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): "Multi-disciplinary Analysis and Design Optimization of EMHD Controlled Solidification, Fuel Cells, and Cooled Turbine Blades," (09/01-10/02; 09/06-11/06).
  • Prof. Igor N. Yegorov, (Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia): "Multiobjective Constrained Optimization," (01/00-02/00; 07/00; 04/03-08/03; 11/04-01/05).
  • Mr. Valentino Pediroda, Research Associate (University of Udine, Udine, Italy): "Benchmarking of Multiobjective Constrained Optimization and Computational Fluid Dynamics Software", (01/99-07/99).
  • Prof. Milan V. Petrovic, (University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia): "Aerodynamic Optimization of Multistage Axial Flow Turbine Blade Rows Inlet/Exit Parameters," (06/98-08/98).
  • Prof. Zhen-Xue Han, (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, P. R. China): "3-D Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using Navier-Stokes Codes on Non-Structured Grids," (03/98-01/00).
  • Prof. Hyung-Jong Ko, (Kumoh National University of Technology, Kyungbuk, Korea): "Multidisciplinary Inverse Design and Optimization Involving Electro-Magneto-Hydrodynamics," (02/98-01/99).
  • Dr. George Savu, Senior Research Scientist (National Research Design Institute for Turbomachinery COMOTI, Bucharest, Romania): "Turbulent and Transitional Boundary Layer Models Without Adjustable Parameters," (10/97-12/97).
  • Prof. Zhengming Wang, (Academia Sinica, Institute for Engineering Thermophysics, Beijing, P. R. China): "Turbomachinery Aerodynamic Shape Inverse Design Using Navier-Stokes Equations," (01/94-07/94).
  • Prof. Myong Hwan Sohn, (Dept. of Aero. Eng., Air Force Academy, Choongbula-Do, Korea): "Aerodynamic Shape Inverse Design and Optimization," (08/93-08/94).
  • Prof. Xiuying Li, (Dept. of Aerospace Technology, Changsha Institute of Technology, Changsha, Hunan, P. R. China) "Characteristic and Non-Reflecting Exit Flow Boundary Conditions," (08/93-03/94).
  • Prof. Vadim I. Polezhaev, (Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia): "Electrophoretic Separation and Crystal Growth in Microgravity," (02/93-05/93)
  • Prof. Helmut Sobieczky, (Institut fuer Stroemungsmechanik, DLR-Goettingen, F. R. Germany): "Transonic and Hypersonic Shape Inverse Design," (10/91; 10/93).
  • Dr. Seungsoo Lee, Postdoctoral Fellow (Defense Research Agency, Taejeon, Korea): "Magnetohydrodynamic and Electrohydrodynamic Flow Modeling and Computations," (02/90-06/90).
  • Dr. Lionel Marraffa, Group Leader (ONERA, Chatillon, France and ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands): "Hypersonic Radiating Flow Modeling and Computations," (08/85-03/87; 04/88-06/88; 10/89; 01/93; 01/96).
  • Prof. Bing Ren, (Changsha Institute of Technology, Changsha, P. R. China): "A Survey of Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) Schemes," (05/87-11/87).
  • Mr. Andrej Lipej, Senior Researcher (Turboinstitut, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia): "Numerical Methods for Hydraulic Turbomachinery Flow Computations," (09/87-11/87).

MEMBER OF Ph. D. DISSERTATION COMMITTEE


Roy Knight (1984)
Shu-Cheng Simon Chen (1984)
Hsien-Jan Chang (1984)
Kyuem R. Cho (1984)
Philippe Devloo (1984)
S. V. Krishnamachari (1985)
Theofanis Strouboulis (1985)
Bo-Nan Jiang (1985)
Roy Bhat (1987)
K. H. G. Giridharan (1987)
K. Viswanathan (1988)
Robert McClay (1988)
Greg Molvik (1989)
Michael M. Tom (1989)
Robert Kunz (1991)
Anton Basson (1991)
Yushen Zhang (1991)
Sixin Fan (1991)
Yan Sheng Liu (1993)
Shuxin Zhang (1993)
Jiang Luo (1994)
K. P. Sandeep (1994)
Jaianthi Pallinti (1994)  (1995)
Philip E. O. Buelow
Andrei Chernobrovkin (1995)
Marty Chiaverini (1997)
Xinwen Xiao (1997)
Yongfu Liu (1998)
Cuauhtemoc Aviles-Ramos (2000)
Edi Sofyan (2001)
George Nnanna (2001)
Frederic Felten (2002)
Dion Fleitas (2002)
Cora Martinez (2006)
Bo Yu (2006)
Jiajia Ge (2006)
Vili Panov (2006)
Dagnew Agerneh (2008)

MEMBER OF M. Sc. THESIS COMMITTEE


Juhji Nakata (1985)
M. Sharma (1985)
Brett Siebert (1990)
Ripu Daman Singh (1995)
Michael Koiro (1997)
Jason Ferrara (1997)
Eric Engebretsen (1997)
Michael Huh (2002)
Sudhir Reddy Posireddy (2008)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES

  • Member
    • ASME Technical Committee on Turbomachinery, Gas Turbine Division
      • October 1984-present.
  • Member
    • ASME Technical Committee on Computational Heat Transfer (K-20)
      • August 1993-present.
  • Member
    • ASME Technical Committee on Bioengineering Heat Transfer (K-17)
      • December 1988-present.
  • Member
    • AIAA Technical Committee on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
      • January 1991-May 1993; May 2003-May 2006.
  • Member
    • AIAA Technical Committee on Space Processing
      • May 1993-Dec. 2002.
  • Member
    • AIAA National Technical Committee on Applied Aerodynamics
      • May 1985-May 1988.
  • Chairman
    • AIAA Education Committee, Southwest Texas Section
      • May 1983-January 1986.
  • Advisor
    • AIAA Student Branch, University of Texas at Austin
      • 1982-1984.
  • Advisor
    • AIAA Student Branch, University of Texas at Arlington
      • 2001-2002.
  • Founding Advisor
    • AIAA Student Branch, Florida International University
      • 2009-Present
EDITED BOOK VOLUMES
  • Dulikravich, G. S., Colaco, M. J., Orlande, H. R. B. and Tanaka, M. Inverse Approaches to Drying of Thin Bodies With Significant Shrinkage Effects (with G. H. Kanevce, L. P. Kanevce, V. B. Mitrevski, H.R.B. Orlande), ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 129, March 2007, pp. 379-386. (editors): Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization (IPDO-2007) Vol. I, ISBN: 978-1-59916-279-9, Florida International University, Miami, FL, June 2007.
  • Dulikravich, G. S., Colaco, M. J., Orlande, H. R. B. and Tanaka, M. (editors): Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization (IPDO-2007) Vol. II, ISBN: 978-1-59916-280-5, Florida International University, Miami, FL, June 2007.
  • Colaco, M. J., Orlande, H. R. B and Dulikravich, G. S. (editors) Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization – IPDO, Vol. I, ISBN: 85-7650-029-9, E-papers Publishing House, Ltd., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March, 2005.
  • Colaco, M. J., Orlande, H. R. B and Dulikravich, G. S. (editors) Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization – IPDO, Vol. II, ISBN: 85-7650-030-2, E-papers Publishing House, Ltd., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March, 2005.
  • Tanaka, M. and Dulikravich, G. S. (editors) Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics III, a book of selected proceedings of International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics 2001 (ISIP’01), Nagano, Japan, Elsevier Science, Ltd., U.K., 2001 ISBN 0 08 043951 9).
  • Tanaka, M. and Dulikravich, G. S. (editors) Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics II, a book of selected proceedings of International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics 2000 (ISIP’2K), Nagano, Japan, Elsevier Science, Ltd., U.K., 2000 (ISBN 0 08 043693 5).
  • Fujii, K. and Dulikravich, G. S. (editors):  Recent Development of Aerodynamic Design Methodologies - Inverse Design and Optimization, Vieweg Series on Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 68, Springer, April 1999.
  • Dulikravich, G. S., Woodbury, K. A., Blackwell, B. and Amon, C., (editors):  Proceedings of Symposium on Multidisciplinary Inverse Problems and Optimization in Heat Transfer, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, Nov. 16-20, 1998, ASME HTD-Vol. 361-5.
  • Tanaka, M. and Dulikravich, G. S. (editors) Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics I, a book of selected proceedings of International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics 1998 (ISIP’98), Nagano, Japan, Elsevier Science, Ltd., U.K., 1998 (ISBN 0-08-043319-7).
  • Dulikravich, G. S. and Woodbury, K. A. (editors):  Proceedings of Symposium on Inverse Design Problems in Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, ASME National Heat Transfer Conference, Baltimore, MD, August 10-12, 1997, ASME HTD-Vol. 340, Volume 2.
  • Siginer, D. A. and Dulikravich, G. S. (editors):  Proceedings of Symposium on Developments in Electrorheological Flows-1995, ASME WAM'95, San Francisco, CA, November 12-17, 1995, ASME FED-Vol. 235, MD-Vol. 71.
  • Dulikravich, G. S. (editor):  Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Inverse Design Concepts and Optimization in Engineering Sciences (ICIDES-III), Washington, D.C., October 23-25, 1991; also NASA CR-188125, January 1992.
  • Dulikravich, G. S. (Invited Editor):  Interdisciplinary Inverse Design and Optimization, a special issue of the Applied Mechanics Reviews, June 1988.
  • Dulikravich, G. S. (editor):  Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Inverse Design Concepts and Optimization in Engineering Sciences (ICIDES-II), The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, October 26-28, 1987.
  • Dulikravich, G. S., (editor):  Proceedings of the First International Conference on Inverse Design Concepts in Engineering Sciences (ICIDES-I), University of Texas at Austin, College of Engineering, October 17-18, 1984.
BOOK CHAPTERS

PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS


JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS IN PRESS
  • Improvements to Single-Objective Constrained Predator-Prey Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm (with Chowdhury, S.), Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, DOI: 10.1007/s00158-009-0433-x.
  • Simulation of Channel Flows Using Thermal Lattice Boltzmann Method (with Gokaltun, S.), Computers and Mathematics with Applications, DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2009.08.045.
  • Three-Dimensional Parametric Shape Optimization using Parallel Computers (with Dennis, B. H., Egorov-Yegorov, I. N., Yoshimura, S.), Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal, Vol.17, no.4, 2009.
  •  Modified Predator-Prey Algorithm for Constrained and Unconstrained Multi-objective Optimization (with Chowdhury, S. and Moral. R. J.), International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Optimisation.
  • Inverse Determination of Eroded Smelter Wall Thickness Variation Using an Elastic Membrane Concept (with Baker, D. P., Dennis, B. H. and Martin, T. J.), ASME Journal of Heat Transfer.
  • Robustness, Accuracy and Efficiency of Different Response Surface Methods (with Colaco, M J., da Silva, W. B., and Magalhaes, A. C.), International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Optimisation.

PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW

  • Evolutionary Wavelet Neural Network for Multidimensional Function Estimation in Optimization (with Sahoo, D.), Optimization Methods and Software.
  • Bayesian Estimation of the Thermal Conductivity Components of Orthotropic Solids (with Orlande, H. R. B. and Colaco, M. J.), High Temperatures - High Pressures; International Journal of Thermophysical Properties Research.
  • Dennis, B. H. and Colaco, M. J., Electro-Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics (EMFD): Theory and Simulations”, a book contract with Wiley.

PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (REFEREED )


INDIVIDUAL TECHNICAL PAPERS NOT IN BOUND PROCEEDINGS (REFEREED)

TECHNICAL REPORTS

PUBLISHED BOOK REVIEWS
  • Magnetofluddynamics in Channels and Containers (by U. Mueller and L. Buehler), Sringer-Verlag, Berlin, 2001, 210 pp, Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 55, no. 1, January 2002, pp. B14.
  • A History of Aerodynamics and Impact on Flying Machines (by John D. Anderson, Jr.), McGraw Hill, 1998, 496 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 51, no. 7, July 1998, pp. B61-B62.
  • Computational Grids: Generation, Adaptation, and Solution Strategies (by G. F. Carey), Taylor & Francis, Bristol, PA 1997, 496 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 51, no. 3, March 1998, pp. B23.
  • Molecular Gas Dynamics and the Direct Simulation of Gas Flows (by G. A. Bird), Oxford Engineering Science Series, Vol. 42, New York, 458 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 49, no. 4, April 1996, pp. B49-B50.
  • Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations (by K. W. Morton and D. F. Mayers), Cambridge UP, NY, 1994, 227 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 48, No. 9, September 1995, pp. B122.
  • Computational Methods in Physics and Engineering (by S. S. M. Wong), Prentice-Hall, NJ, 1992, 677 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 46, No. 5, May 1993, pp. B69.
  • Heat Conduction Using Green's Function (by J. V. Beck, K. D. Cole, A. Haji-Sheikh, B, Lithouki), Hemisphere, NY, 1992, 523 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 45, No. 9, September 1992, pp. B128-B129.
  • Boundary Element Methods for Two-Dimensional Contact Problems (by G. Karami), Springer, NY, 1989, 243 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 43, No. 6, June 1990, pp. B129.
  • Boundary Elements (by C. A. Brebbia and J. Dominguez), McGraw-Hill, NY, 1989, 292 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 42, No. 7, July 1989, pp. B113.
  • Engineering Fluid Mechanics, 3rd ed. with separate solutions manual (by J. A. Roberson and C. T. Crowe), Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1985, 979 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 39, No. 7, July 1986, pp. 1035.
  • Compressible Fluid Flow (by M. A. Saad), Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1985, 560 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 38, No. 12, December 1985, pp. 1661.
  • Fundamentals of Gas Turbine Engines (by W. W. Bathie), Wiley, NY, 1984, 385 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 38, No. 3, Sec. 1, March 1985, pp. 276-277.
  • A Mathematical Method for Design of Turbine Blade Cascades for Small Subsonic Mach Numbers (by M. Ruzicka and L. Spacek), Monographs and Memoranda no. 29, Nat. Research Institute for Machine Design, Bechovice, Czechoslovakia, 1981, 121 pp., Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 36, No. 1, Jan. 1983, pp. 121-122.

OTHER TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
  • Inverse Design Methods in Internal Fluid Mechanics, Lecture Notes written by G. S. Dulikravich for a one-day course delivered at the United Technologies Research Center (UTECA/NMT), Hartford, CT, March 1988.
  • Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Research at Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (with E. F. Brown), ONR ESNIB 87-02, pp. 59-61.
  • The Aerodynamic Inverse Problem, ASE/EM Department Lecture Notes No. 83-02 written by W. Chin (edited by G.S. Dulikravich), Dec. 1983.
  • Design Aspects of Transonic Aerodynamics, ASE/EM Department Lecture Notes No. 83-01 written by H. Sobieczky (edited by G. S. Dulikravich), Sept. 1983.

 
 

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